Marking-stake.



1. R. BEERY.

MARKING STAKE.

APPLICATION man :une 9,1915.

l ,QQ 1L .1. Patented Mar. 27, 1917.

JOHN R. BEERY, OF CELINA, OHIO.

MARKINGSTAKE.

Application filed J' une 9, 1915.

T0 all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that lf, JOHN R. BERRY, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the city of Celina, county of Mercer, and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Marking- .Stakesjof which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in marking stakes designed for useparticularly in plowing, fence building, seeding, etc., and has for itsobject the production of a stake of this character which will be ofdurable and economical construction and efficient in use.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of partshereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawing forming a part of this specification, and in which,

, Figure l is a front elevation of a. marking stake embodyingtheinuvention,

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof, and

Fig. 8 is a section taken on line of Fig. l.

The preferred form of construction, as illustrated in the drawing,comprises an elongated Wooden body l which is square in cross section.The lower end 2 of said body is pointed to adapt the same to pierce theground, and said end is reduced in order to form a shoulder 3 adapted toserve as a stop to limit insertion into the ground, as will be readilyunderstood.

Arranged at the upper end of the body 1 are designating plates 4positioned one above the other with their faces disposed at right anglesto each other, said plates being secured to the stake body bymeans of ametallic strap 5. The ends of said strap are secured to opposite sidesof the stake body by securing devices 6, the central portion of lsaidstrap projecting upwardly from the stake and being formed to snuglyembrace the plates 4, as clearly shown in Figs. l and 2. Securingdevices 7 project through said plates and the opposite sides of strap 5for securely locking the plates to said strap. l

Arranged upon the body l, intermediate the ends thereof, are handles 8formed of a single piece of wire securedto the stake body by means ofwire fastening members Specification of Letters Patent.

rammen Mar. et', ieri'. Serial No. 33,201.

9 which engage loops or eyes 10 formed in the opposite sides of the wirefrom which the handles 8 are formed. The handles thus provided atopposite sides of the stake afford ready means for carrying ortransporting the same.

Provided at the lower end of the stake body is an eye l1 to which themarking or measuring rope or cord 12, used in conjunction with thestake, is fastened, as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

A stake of the construction set forth is simple and economical inconstruction and hence may be manufactured at a lou7 cost, and the sameis adapted to effectually serve in any connection where a marking stakemay be used, as for instance in plowing, fence building, sowing seed, orsurveying. The plates 4 may be painted diiferent col ors or upon thesame may be placed directions or indications appropriate to the use towhich the stake is to be put. For eX- ample, in surveying, the linesintersecting at the point where the stake is arranged may be indicatedupon the plates 4 to temporarily designate the same until permanentmarkings might be installed.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form ofconstruction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable ofvariation and modification without departing from the spirit of theinvention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precisedetails of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of suchvariations and modifications as come within the scope of the appendedclaims.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

l. A marking stake comprising a body; designation plates arranged oneabove the other at the upper end of said body and disposed angularlyrelative to each other; and a strap having its ends secured to said bodyand having its central portion projecting upwardly from said body andformed to embrace said plates to securely fasten the same to said body,substantially as described.

2. A marking stake comprising a body; designation plates arranged oneabove the other at the upper end of said body and disposed angularlyrelative to each other; a strap having its ends secured to said body andhaving its central portion projecting adapted to be upwardly from saidbody and formed to embrace said plates; and means passing through saidplates and the opposite sides of said strap for locking said plates tosaid strap, substantially as described.

3. A marking stake comprising a body; a vertically disposed designationplate having its lower edge resting upon the upper end of said body; andmeans for fastening said plate to said body, said means coinprising astrap having its ends engaging against opposite sides of said body andfastened thereto and having its central portion projecting upwardly andembracing said plate, substantially as described.

4. A. marking stake comprising a body; a vertically disposed designationplate having its lower edge resting upon the upper end of said body;means for fastening said plate to said body, said means comprising astrap having its ends engaging against opposite sides of said body andfastened thereto and having its central portion .projecting upwardly andembracing said plate; and means passing through said plate and theopposite sides of said strap for locking the parts together,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed lny name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

.lOl-IN R. BERRY.

Witnesses lV. E. ToUvnLLn, EDNA L. THEDIECK..

opies of this patent may be obtained for `iive cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

